include France's now active support for the enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization …

Even though the six Western Balkan countries (WB6) have close political ties with the EU, their alignment with the EU … aggression in Ukraine. The EU should take a differentiated view of the WB6’s political and security cooperation with external …­ing geopolitical arena, the EU must set priorities that bind the WB6’s outliers to the CFSP. …